There is tension in Mosogar Community as a gas pipeline exploded along the Warri/Benin Expressway in Ethiope-West Local Government Area.

Details as to why the gas pipeline exploded are still sketchy at the time of this report.

Indigenes and residents have deserted their homes for fear of a fire outbreak.

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the report in a telephone chat with our Correspondent in Warri.

The Police image maker said the gas pipeline exploded as a result of leakage.

They said it is not vandalization. They said it’s pipeline leakage that caused it.”